The memorial is inscribed:
ERECTED BY A GRATEFUL CITY IN HONOUR OF HER SONS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914–1918 THEIR NAMES ARE ENGRAVED ON TABLETS OF BRONZE IN THE TOWN HALL AND THEIR IMPERISHABLE MEMORY IN THE HEARTS OF THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS.
(Photo John S. Turner under this Creative Commons Licence)
Sacrifice 